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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-02-08

1t is estimated that the material
contained in the Chinese wall would
build wall around the world SIX feet
high and two feet thick. Its cost
was probably equal to that of all the
100000 miles of railroad in the Unit
ed States
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/ The President has signed the bill
granting pensions DO tha Mexican
wsz veterans. It grants eight dollars
"a month.
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1reasurer's Notice.

xT6ASuE0A AsOsSS'
The following warrants Will be paid out
of the County General Fund on presenta-
ton at my Office:
No. 317, in favor of Joseph Jackson S 10
1856, Judge Case Brod-
erick ... so 90
237, JoAn Reel $50. 36 90
24l, J.. F. Larson. -. ] 20
Also the following out OF the Road
Fund:
No. Sc, in favor of s. B. Connelly,S 6o 81
JOHN GARRECHT, Co. TREAS.
By IsIDoR SMITH, Deputy.
IDAHO CITY, Noy. II, 1885.
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CAPITAL COMMUNICATION.
BOISE Cry, Feb. 3, 1887

zion yesterday the attack made upon
Judge Mayhem, the President Of the
Council, by the Idaho Statesman.
The Statesman sometime ago pub
lished purported statement of Judge
MAYHEM in regard to Senator John
A. Logan, which was highly insult
ing TO the memory Of that great man.
From all the circumstances and from
many witnesses, and from men who
knew Mr.. Mayhew's feelings in re-
gard to Gen. Logan, it transpires that
the attack was unwarranted and that
Judge Mayhem never made snch a
statement, but on the contrary paid
the highest compliment to Gen. Lo-
gan. The Statesman was roundly
scored by the Council, and resolu-
tons introduced by Mr.. Smith, Sc
verely censuring the Statesman, were
passed unanimously. The States
man claims to have proof and is dis
posed to continue the fight, but it
looks rather against 1t. 1t is the
opinion almost universal that the at
tack was. outrageous, and dictated by
narrow mindedness and spite.
The salary bill, fixing the salaries
OF county officers, has passed both
Houses, ard is now in the hands of
the Governor This bill raises the
omoluments of officers, and will in
crease considerably the burdens of
the several counties.
The Council is rapidly clearing up
its calendar, and will be we'll up with
the work long before the session clos
es next Thursday.
The House justly killed G. B. No.
n, relating to County Assessors sue
ceeding themselves, and prohibiting
the same.
The House passed IL. j. Resolution
No. 6, providing for the purchase OF
all oil painting from Miss Fannie
Grothjan at $500. This is an absurd
piece of legislation, and is another
grab at the Treasury. Mr.. Pride is
very energetic in having this passed,
and undoubtedly gets fee. 1t will
be killed in the Council.
The House also passed III. J, M. No,
6, praying for the appointment of an
additional Justice of the Supreme
Court.
We now have holiday named car
Dor Day"
The House has passed the follow
ing bills:
Ii. b. No. IA, entitled Inter Idaho
Wagon Road.
II. b. No. 80, supplementary to au
act entitled an act to provide for
HoiuiuB cieCtioHs.
Ii. b. No. 50, to prevent the prac-
tioe of medicine and surgery by un-
qualified persons.
II. B. No. 63, to provide for the
safe keeping and protection of the
Probate records of the different coun.
ties of the Territory.
II. b. No. 81, IN regard to roads
aud highways.
IL. b. No. 30 was in Council indef-
inltely postponed
The Council to-day, the SD day,
passed the following bills
c. Is. Il, for the relief of NJ. Mac
Mahon.
c. b. 20, relating to taking of dep
osltions.
c. b. 30, for relief OF S. +. Taylor,
Sheriff of Bingham county.
Council Joint Resolution No. II.
IL. b. 80, to punish false pretenses
IN obtaining or using certificates of
pedigree Of all live stock.
REroRTER.
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1t is estimated that the material
contained in the Chinese wall would
huiI1 q u,a II araupI tbN s,vo.ll ,, -.
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Bis,nsris's, army bill has been de
faated by a vote Of 1856 to l54.s
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-20
George VTasilington's Economy.

DO IN earnest enJoin upon you 10 see
that the hay is used with the greatest
economy at the Mansion House and par
ticularly to guard against Mrs. L. Wash
ington's Charles and her boy in the
stables, both Of whom are impudent and
self willed and care not how extravaganza
ly they feed or even waste; for | have
caught the boy several times Iittering his
horses with hay. Except her blind horse
(Which may be endangered by running at
large see no sort Of necessity there is for
feeding with either grain or hay when
they are not used, Or any other horse that
is at liberty and able to provide for
itself.
/ can plainly perceive that in a
little time (after saving what oats l
wanted for seed another Year, there will
be nothing either for my negroes or horses
TO eat without buying, which viii neither
cOmport with my interest or inclination
BY Stuart's report I find that he still con-
tinues to feed horses with corn instead Of
cut oats, as | directed. What two saddle
horses are those which stand in the Man
sion House report? 1 know CT none but
the one Mr.. Whiting used to ride
What country gentleman of our day on
his city absences puts this particularly
and sagacity into his queries?-Donald G..
Mitchell in American Agriculturist
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-20

II never see any ghosts or hoodoos on
the track" said an old griZZled engineer
on the Northwestern road the other day,
''but there's spot piece up the track
that I never pass without feeling sort of
uneasy. Seven years ago | was coming
into town at q pretty lively trot when
Jake, my fireman, who was ON the look
out, yelled to me that there was some
thing On the track. Although 1t was late
in the evening and rain was falling furi-
ously | could see a dark object on the
track at the Ashland avenue crossing.
gave the whistle lever yank, reversed
the engine and sanded the track, but all
to no purpose. We were going too fast
TO make q quick stop, and in less than
five seconds the engine shot into the OBJ
struction, if such it may be called, and
hurled il to one side.
''As we sped by l heard a scream and
saw girl dancing wildly on the sidewalk.
As soon as we came to a full stop / found
that We had run into a baby carriage
which a servant girl had abandoned in
.er fright at the fast approaching head
light Of our engine. The child? Poor
thing, it WAS crushed like an egg shell.
Every time pass that crossing see the
little white face and the 'broidered dress
all stained with red. Even the Old engine
seems to tremble as she wheels over the
spot. To me this stretch of track is the
worst Oh the whole line. Other engineers
have their wicked rails further out OF
town "-ChicarO Herald
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-20
CONSUMPTION BY INcEsTlON.
DIR. Blaine Holds that the Disease is Ac-
Quircd from Meat and MIX.

DIR. Blaine Holds that the Disease is Ac-
quired from Meat and MIX.
DR.. NJ. d. Blaine read a paper last night
before the New York Academy of Medi-
cine on "Bovine Tuberculosis-its Com
municatiOn by Inhalation, Ingestion and
Hereditary Transmission, and its Relation
to Public Health'' Dr. Blaine said that
consumption or tuberculosis is both in
herited and acquired. He held that as
the so called lower animals have organs
similar in construction and material to
those Of man. the diseases existing in the
one are capable of reproduction in the
other, and that it is natural that man,
who drinks the lower animals milk and
eats their flesh, should contract their dis
eases through ingestion. He said that
per cent of all the animals killed in the
abattoirs Of this city have tuberculosis,
and that Il per cent. Of all milk cows have
the same disease. Last July, with Mr.
Romaine, tle meat inspector, he visited
the stock yards about the city. On the
day OF his visit T.; cows were sold to Jersey
buyers, 3 OF which lad tuberculosis. In
l6 herds thai furnished t2iliI for Brooklyn
every herd Comprised animals that had
this disease, and in one OF the cows,
selected 1T random and killed, the Jron-
chial glands were three times their normal
size, with calciGed sections. cheesy Jumps
and cavities flied with muco-purulcnt
matter DR.. Blaine exhibited specimens
of evident cases Of tuberculosis taken from
the abattoirs in various parts of the city
DR.. Cyrus Edison, after congratulating
DR.. Blaine on having written the first
thesis on the subject which had ever been
written. said that 1900 cows, many of
which are diseased, are permanently
stabbed about New York. and he was
satisfied that they gave tuberculosis to
hundreds of persons. lie said that it is
shame and disgrace that in this whole
city there are only three milk inspectors
and only one meat inspector.
The academy voted to have Dr. Blaine's
paper printed for general circulation
New York Sun.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-20

An interesting operation of flesh graft
ing, which was one Of the discoveries of
NJ. Paul Bert, has just been performed
by young French surgeon named DR..
bousquet-Labordire. 4 workman had
his foot scocched by molten iron and the
skin was destroyed over surface of about
eight inches by four. DR.. Dubousquet
took four strips of flesh from the thigh of
young man and four from a frog and
transfcrrd them to the wound. BY great
care the wounds healed in Il few davs.
The cicatrice obtained by the frog S skin
was SOFT elastic and inodorous; that from
human flesh was little strained. harder,
and produced irritation on some points.
The patient has now been able to resume
his occupation. The result Of the opera
toin is of great imp ,rtance in showing the
superiority of frog skin, while on the
other hand human flesh is not always to
be had in sufficient quantities for burns OF
wounds of any size, and the dissection of
strips is very painful.-Galignani Mes
SpuCGr
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-20
Watching "a Boar Hunt in a Mirror.

In 1915, as John Minto had to go I'D
the Columbia river, he took passage with
an Indian chief who had something Of a
retinue There was a sub chief who
looked after things of minor importance.
and dusky maiden TO whom old Pn-pu
MOX- MoX, who was then great chief and
was destined later to fall in battle in com
mand of the combined forces of the Inland
Empire, showed very devoted attention
There were also several slGT IS, who drove
the canoes with their paddles for motive
power. Somewhere on tho Grand river
when among tho ranges that tower above
Cape Horn, NintO noticed that the Indians
acted very sinCularly and rather sUspi-
ciously. They stopped the canoes ana
looked down in the water intentIy Then
two slaves and sub chief got into the
smaller canoe and started to cross the
river. Suddenly Mimic dropped on il
and saw what the Indians saw. Il was
one of those beautiful transparent Gavs
when the air and water are clear as cryS-
tai. The sun Of autumn either had not
risen so as to reach the deep canyon with
its rays or had dropped behind the west
ern heights. Anyway, these heights
were reflected so perfectly on the surface
of the riy er that the Indians had watched
the mountain sides as they padded along.
The cause of their strange action was
seeing bear on Il high ridge across the
river from them eating berries The
slaves took fuseeS across the river to at
tack. They climbed the bluff, took aim,
fired, missed and the bear ran away-nc
was not hurt. All this Ninto saw on
the river surface without straininc his
eyes TO the mountains sunmit.-Port-
land Oregonian.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-20
A Most Pathetic Picture.

The most pathetic picture of the streets
1 know of is the children's window of
great hospital that pass every day. The
chlldren's ward is on the first foor. not so
high above the level of the sidewalk but
tnat one can see most Of the interior with
Its prim little cots and its prim white
walls. on which few colored prints are
hung. Some OF the little sufferers lie in
easy chairs at the vast windows looking
at the tall fence across the way and the
rear houses and the sky beYond with stead
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-20
\ New Giant in Paris.

Parisians in search OF novelties are
promised a treat in the shape of a new
giant as big as any of the tail monsters
who figured among the Creuadieys of the
Great Frederick. The new Goliath is an
Austrian named Winkelmeier, who is only
p years old and stands about s feet 6
inches. His feet are 30 centimetcrs. or
l9.69 inches, and his hands about II
inches long. lie halls from Friedberr
and his parents are of ordinary height,
he himself only commencing to sprout
after he had attained II years of ace.
The owners of the hotel where the gigantic
phenomenon has put up have abandoned
the idea OF providing him with ordinary
furniture, as their chairs are too small
and their beds too short for youth of his
stature. To enable the son of Anak to
stretch his limbs in comfortable manner
four beds were requiSitioned Ly his
friends, who were obliged TO arrange
them in position which should enable
him to go TO sleep.-Chicago Herald.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-20
s,aratcSa'S ToboCran Slide.

The people of Saratoga have something
to look forward to in the way of pleasure
in the great toboggan slide that has been
erected there. W. B. Gage, one of the
proprietors of the United States hotel.
was in New York the other day and fell
to talking about toboCganing at Saratoga.
Among other things he said: Our tobog-
gan Hill viii be nearly nalf a mile in
length. The length OF the slide last wear
was 2,40O feet. This year it will be $500
or $500 feet. The club has lease Of the
grounds for ten years and everything is
being put up in permanent shape to make
tobogganing a regular winter pastime
There IS nothing like race down tobog-
gan slide to bring a good appetite. The
sleds go over the distance in about nine
teen seconds. You have hardly started
before you are at the bottom. The sensa-
ton Is something remarkable. 1t IS only
after two or three trips that one gets ac-
customed to the feeling of security which
makes the pastime pleasurable. New
York Trit une
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-20
sSNNils~
Ya1lU Eagle
THERE COMES A TIME.

There comes a time when we grow Old.
And like q sunset down the sea
Slope gradual, and the night winds cold
Come whispering sad and chillingiy;
And locks are gray
As winters day.
And eyes Of saddess blue behold
The leaves all weary drift away,
And lips of faded coral say,
There comes time when we grow old.
There comes a time when joyous hearts,
Which leaped as leaps the laughing main,
Are dead TO al save memory,
As prisoner in his dungeon chain;
And dawn Of day
Hath passed away,
. The moon hath into darkness rolled,
And by the embers wan and gray,
hear a voice in whisper say,
There comes time when we grow old.
There comes time when nlanhood's primo
Is shrouded in the mist Of years,
And beauty, fading Ike dream.
Hath passed away in silent tears;
And then how dark!
But, Oh, the spark
That bindled youth 10 EGrS Of gold,
Still burns with clear and steady ray,
And fond affections, lingering say,
There comes a time when we grow old,
There comes a time when laughing Spring
And golden Summer ceases to be,
Ard We put on the Autumn robe,
To tread the last decIivity;
But now the slope,
With rosy Hope,
Beyond the sunset we behold
Another dawn with fairer light,
While watchers whisper through the night,
There comes q time when we grow old
--Florus B. Pimpton in Commercial Gazette.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-20

IasG eyes. Others, who can move ABOUT,
come and go and extend their salutations
to the people who pass.
1t is pretty sight to see their patient,
pallid features light up when the greeting
is returned And to the credit Of the
cynical town be it said that few pass the
place, from the neWsboy to the fat old
member posting TO late breakfast at his
clnb on the corner, who have not a nod or
g wave of the hand for the children of
sorrow behind the plate glass.
Late at night the picture takes another
aspect The window is deserted, some
dolls and toys and books, mayhap, still
lttering the ledge. The lights are down
in the ward and the cots masquerade
among many shadows. These shadows
possess an odd pul5ating movement, for
the draft In the big room fiickers the
lights q little, so that you can readily
imagine the painful breathing OF the little
sleepers to be visibly reflected on the
walls In the dead stiffness Of the de
serted street there Isl strange fascination
about this vast dim room, 50 open to the
view and yet 50 fuE of the sorrowful nlys-
terry OF anguish and misery. You never
hear sound suggestive Of distress or
agony. The thick plate glass deadens
every noise that may arise within. But
the very profunGity Of the silence peoples
ii with fancied horrors and You pass on
TO your bed with the poor, white faces of
the children Of the hospital luttering be-
fore your eyes, distorted by the torments
that the night must bring to them instead
OF the repose OF happy childhood on its
bed Of d0wn.-Allred Trumblc in New
York News
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-20
Massachusetts, has spent SIS, 600, 900 in
soldiers monuments since 1861.
Lead Plates Pierced by Insects.

a French architectural journal recalls
an observation made by Violet lie Due
that lead plates for roofing purposes are
often pierced by insects. He accuses the
wasps of being the authors of the little
holes that he found gnawed in lead roofs,
but Later observers have discovered that
both worms and flies often drill through
heavy plates. Twenty-Five years ago it
was found that the Iced bullets Of cart
ridges that had been stored in wooden
boxes were badly gnawed, and a number
OF gall or saw flies were found in the act
OF working upon theln.-Boston Budget
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-20

Isn't this the most womanly bit that
ever was put in print? 1t is from G..
Maville Fenn's Master of Ceremonies. "
Says one of the characters who had been
secretly married and whose husband died:
whenever l could used to 90 up stairs,
lock myself in my room and put on n
little widows cap l had-a very small
enc, dear, of white crape-and have a
good cry about poor Louis. 1t was the
emily mourning l could ever wear for him.
and it was nearly always locked up in the
bottom drawer; but / used To carry a bit
OF black Grape in my dress pocket aud
touch that now and then New York
Graphic.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-20
Mana Sehih's Widow

The widow of Mana Sahib. the leader
of the Sepoy mutiny of 1857, died recently
at hatmandr, the capital of Nepaul. She
was the daughter Of o Hindoo school
teacher and shared her husbands ambi-
hon to ascend one day the throne Of India
She lived for many years on a small Pen
SION granted her by the government Of
NepauL-Chicago Times.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-20

The gulf is growing wide between
Lazarus and Dives, only the two have
changed places. Dives is in Abrahams s
bosom-Col Bob Ingersoll
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-20

a church that can't do anything but
keep itself straight is failure.-Rev. Sam
Jones
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-02-24
More Switch Room.

An inspection of the grounds
about the Pulaski depot have been
ordered by Maj. Stahlman with a
view to additional switches. Pu-
laski has never had half enough
switch room. The inconvenience OF
it is especially felt when car is
being loaded. Ten TO one while
you are loading it a freight will
come along and 60 to switching,
and away goes your car and you
stand there one hour, two hours
three hours! awaiting its return.
And you cannot get at but two or
three cars at once. There is three
times as much freight leaves this
depot as comes to it and our ship
pers have right to better accom-
modations. The editor of The Cir
IzEN called on Maj. Stahlman last
Saturday and be promised to look
into the matter Immediately. II
would hasten and more certainly
consummate it if a petition of our
business men should be sent up.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-02-24
RAILROAD MEETING.
The People of Giles County Called to As
semble in Pulaski Next Saturday.

The following circular was gotten
out last Saturday and has gone all
over the county:
The citizens of Giles county are re-
quested to meet at the court house in
Pulaski on Saturday, Feb. 26, 1887, at
II o'clock to consider the Importance OF
a competing railroad and TO appoint
delegates to meeting to be held at
Murfreesboro on Tuesday, March s.
Every body should take an interest in
this meeting. s. Il. ROSE, Chin.
FLoURNoY RIVERS, Sec.
Railroads have to be built on pa
per first. We will never get one
until we try. Whether you think
little or much of the prospect, come
and let's put our heads together and
our hands together. If the people
of Giles are interested a minim of
the issue involved, five thousand
men would be here that day.
There is a chance for railroad
That should arouse every man to
action. Action is Indispensable.
We cannot get it without action.
Will you let few men do ali the
acting-and fail? Come from every
corner of the county,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-02-24
Sumnc Scraps.

Our school at this place com
menced yesterday, Miss Kate An
derson teacher. The house has
been removed from the woods and
located on a pretty knoll by bah
bling brook near the pike. Now
we are blessed with a good school
prayer meetings, Sunday school
and preaching. We hereby tender
thanks to Rev. Henry Smith of Pu :
laski for his aid last Sunday and
for promising to come back.
Now if we could get our school
fund doubled we could educate our
children. If we can't get national
or state aid, l hope we will be al
lowed to vote a tax upon ourselves
| would like for all of us who have
children to be taxed double our
present school tax. We can hard
ly get subscription school 10
many places. 1T seems to my mind
that the man who, on account oil
political prejudices, opposes ma.
tlonal aid to education is an ene-
my to our people and to this pro
gressive age. Take millions tc
pay pensions worthy and otherwise
clean out rivers, check diseases &c.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-02-24

but let illiteracy, the bane OF civil
lied country, go unnoticed, I'M
cared for. God pity such a pusa-
hnimi'y.
We have commenced farm work,
breaking the fallow ground, sowing
oats, DC. Pastures are putting on
garh OF spring.
Mrs j.. A. Samuel was thrown
from buggy near here recently
and received in the fall an ugly
bruise or two ON the head The
buggy mule took fright at!the hoist
ing of an umbrella.
Some thoughtless boys have been
gathering in groups with guns and
shooting near the pike. We learn
that team attached to a pillow on
the farm of N. G. Esick was fright
ened by the shooting and run away.
One of the mules was hit by some
shot. Better be careful, boys, and
go to the woods with your guns.
Mrs. j. w. HAMLET died yester-
day, after a protracted illness OF
months, of consumption. She will be
buried to day at Mt. Zion.
We learn chat Hoods chapel, the
negro church near here, was burned
last Saturday night. They had
meeting that night until a late
hour.
Now that we have one of the
prettiest roads in the county Ito be
yet improved a good school house,
good teacher, prayer meeting, Sun
day school aud everything TO NOR
ahze and refine a people, we ex.
press gratitude, and part of it to
THE CITIZEN, which has been
an important factor in bring
Ing about these results. And
instead of charging you for our lit
tie letters We feel that we have been
the principal benefciaries.